Márquez Overpowers Pacquiao

LAS VEGAS—It was a night that will go down in the annals of boxing history. Manny Pacquiao, the pugilist widely regarded as pound-for-pound the best boxer on the planet, was knocked unconscious in the last second of round six by a crushing right hook from 39-year-old Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Márquez.

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Juan Manuel Marquez (left) takes a punch from Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Dec. 8, 2012. See more photos

All during the long buildup to their fourth meeting on Saturday, Pacquiao promised that he was going to be more aggressive—that he was going to go for the knockout against the boxer known as El Dinamata, or Dynamite.

And Pacquiao kept his promise, coming into the ring with a fierce glint in his eye. In contrast to his previous meetings with Márquez, there was no feeling-out process. After the first bell, an almost frenetic Pacquiao came out jabbing and blasting away with his vaunted straight left.

The Filipino icon took the first two rounds easily. Then, in the middle of the third frame, Márquez caught Pacman in the web of his own furious attack and nailed him with a wide right. The Daily Fix has more.